From: kingsmith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   Just bought the "Definitive Monkees" myself under similar duress...and   
   suprised myself by really digging  it!!!   
      
   "The old geezer"  wrote in message   
   news:1146005703.894579.326900@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...   
   > ......There I wuz...in the local used CD store....holding a copy of The   
   > Monkees Greatest Hits (25 cuts; Rhino records) in my   
   > hand........wondering if I should buy it or not.  I HATED the Monkees   
   > when they were out in '66 - '69 & mocked out any teenybopper who liked   
   > them.  They were "made up"...not a "real" band.  But now 40 years   
   > later..... I'm thinking that their music wuzn't so bad after all   
   > (except the Davy Jones tunes).  Always enjoyed "Randy Scouse Git" with   
   > Mickey Dolenz on lead though would never admit it back when.   
   >   
   > Well, I didn't buy it 'cause I woulda been too embarrased to take it to   
   > the 20 something chick working the cash register.   
   >   
   > Should I go back & buy it or not.  Or is it just an attack of   
   > nostalgia?????   
   >   
   > the old geezer   
   >   
   > NP: Kicks - Paul Revere & The Raiders Anthology   
   >   
      
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